Stuart C. Harvey Jr. has served as a member of our board of directors since July 2020 and as the Chairperson of our board of directors since September 2021. Mr. Harvey currently serves as a senior advisor to Blackstone. Mr. Harvey also serves on the boards of several private companies including Electronic Merchant Services, LevelBlue, IPC Systems, and Moneycorp. Mr. Harvey previously served as a member of the board of directors of several companies, including Perception Capital Corp. III (f/k/a Portage FinTech Acquisition Corporation) from March 2021 to July 2023, Trustwave Holdings, Inc. from September 2009 to June 2023 and as chairman from June 2019 to June 2023, chairman of the board of directors for Paysafe Group from April 2018 to April 2021, and as executive chairman of the board of directors for WageWorks from September 2018 to August 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Harvey served as a managing director of Piper Sandler from November 2015 to December 2017 and was president and chief operating officer from November 2016 to December 2017. Mr. Harvey holds a B.A. degree from Saint John s University, a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. We believe that Mr. Harvey s senior leadership experience and significant expertise in corporate operations and finance qualifies him to serve as a director.